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6 Helpful Tips for Successful Pattern Piece Layout

Get Helpful Tips for Sewing Pattern Layout. Commercial Sewing Patterns have Sewing Pattern Piece Layout illustrations but sometimes extra tips are helpful! These tips help the beginner seamstress to keep sewing as simple as possible. Check out this Tip Guide to see extra 'help' photos. Save this pin to your favorite board AND Click on this pin to get the TIPS!

TIPS for Successful Pattern Piece Layout After you have pre-washed your fabric and notions, made size adjustments on pattern pieces if needed, you are ready for pattern piece layout. (This article is referring to a store bought pattern.) Tip #1. Use a cutting board or mat to lay your fabric on. The ruler guides help […]

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Decorate Nap Towel for Kindergarten

Decorate a Nap Towel for Kindergarten with Appliqué Congratulations, you have a little one who is off to school! Do you have a Nap Towel for Kindergarten listed on the school supplies list? I wanted to give my children an extra special school nap towel and thought it’d be cool to add fabric appliqué to […]

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Make & Sew Fabric Garland

Make Fabric Garland. Click this photo to see ENTIRE 'Make Fabric Garland' Tutorial! Great photos for this sewing project too! This is a great Sewing Project for Beginners.

Make & Sew Your Own Scrap Fabric Garland This Fabric Garland is a fun and unique way to decorate for any purpose or holiday! Fabrics come in many different themes for holidays such as Christmas, Valentine’s Day and Easter. There are so many fabric themes, you can create your own reason for decorating with garland. […]

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Sewing Project Shopping List

Use a special list just for your 'sewing' shopping trips! Use this Sewing Project Planner Supplies List for keeping track of the notions you might need to replenish for your special project OR what you'd like to get in the future!

Sewing Project Shopping List for Notions How can this Sewing Projects Shopping List save you time? Read about these experiences and understand why you’ll want a Sewing Project Shopping List too! Just Write It Down… Have you been shopping at fabric shops, find some fabric you absolutely love but you are not sure you want […]

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All-Purpose Sewing Thread-Best Thread Choice for Beginners

Polyester all-purpose sewing thread is the best to use for everyday sewing projects; hand sewn or with a machine.Polyester thread is a great all purpose thread for sewing beginners.

All-Purpose Sewing Thread is a great choice for Beginners. When you are learning to sew and just starting on your sewing adventures, keep things SIMPLE and choose All-Purpose Sewing Thread for Beginners. When you are shopping for thread in an actual store, you’ll see that are two to three major thread brands. Each of these […]

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Sewing A Fashionable Cotton Fabric Face Mask

Sewing Video Tutorials for Sewing Fabric Face Mask with Filter pocket and Ties using Cotton Fabric.

Sewing A Fabric Face Mask This particular post came about when I started sewing fabric face masks and donating them locally to people who needed them at the beginning of our world health pandemic. (You know what I’m talking about 😷 ) This fabric face mask sewing tutorial is all VIA videos with a bit […]

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How to Set Up a Sewing Machine-For Beginners

Wanting to start sewing with your machine but not sure where to start? Follow these steps to help you get your machine set up and ready for sewing a simple project.

Congratulations! You just got a machine, and you’re excited to get sewing BUT….where do you start? Learn HOW to Set Up your Sewing Machine Hello beginners, time to learn how to set up your sewing machine and spend time learning the basics of a sewing machine while practicing with scrap fabric. After you get familiar […]

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Understand and Read a Sewing Pattern Envelope

Learn how to read a sewing pattern envelope front and back. Understanding pattern basics for Sewing Beginners.

Understanding & Reading a Sewing Pattern Envelope Once you’ve reviewed all the Beginner Sewing Basics, you are ready for understanding & Reading a Sewing Pattern Envelope. There is nothing more exciting than getting your first pattern or any pajama sewing pattern; but looking at the front OR back of a pattern envelope may cause some […]

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How To Understand and Find Grain Lines on Fabric

Learn How to Find Fabric Grain Lines for Woven Fabrics. Learn about the selvage edge and which grain line runs parallel to the selvage edge, which grain line runs perpendicular to the selvage edge and what the diagonal grain line is called. Click here to get all the details AND see a you-tube video tutorial.

Understand and Find 3 Different Grain Lines on Woven Fabric Cotton woven fabrics are one of the easiest fabrics for a beginner to learn to sew with because of the fabric’s stability when pinning, cutting and stitching. There are 3 different Grain Lines on Fabric to learn about. What are Grain Lines of Fabric? Woven […]

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Beginner Tutorial for Easy to Sew Quilted Reversible Placemats with CORNERS

Learn to Sew a Reversible Quilted Placemat with Corners. These placemats amazingly enough have NO binding which keeps sewing construction SIMPLE!

A Beginner Tutorial for Quilted Reversible Placemats with 90-degree Angled Corners The title alone MAY sound complicated and confusing for a beginner seamstress but if you have practiced some basic sewing skills, I’m confident you CAN make these Easy to Sew Quilted Reversible Placemats with Right Angle Corners! FIRST STEP… Follow this Easy Sew Placemats […]

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Sewing Project Journals- Keep track of the various details of your Sewing Adventures! 1)Make a Sewing Memories Journal-Pictures and Details of your finished projects. 2)Projects you want to do, or are in progress 3)Measurements Journal. These are a few examples of how you can use Sewing Journals in your sewing room!

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